Oaks d'Italia
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The Oaks d'Italia is a Group 2
flat
horse race
in Italy
open to three-year-old thoroughbred
fillies
. It is run at Milan
over a distance of 2,200 metres (about 1 mile and 3 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May or June.
It is Italy's equivalent of the Epsom Oaks
, a famous race in England.
The Oaks d'Italia is currently held about three weeks after the Derby Italiano
.
Leading jockey
since 1970 (4 wins):
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Leading trainer
since 1985 (3 wins):
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Leading owner since 1985 (2 wins):
Conditions races
Conditions races are horse races where the weights carried by the runners are laid down by the conditions attached to the race. Weights are allocated according to; the sex of the runners, with female runners carrying less weight than males; the age of the runners, with younger horses receiving...
flat
Flat racing
Flat racing is a form of Thoroughbred horse racing which is run over a level track at a predetermined distance. It differs from steeplechase racing which is run over hurdles...
horse race
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
open to three-year-old thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
fillies
Filly
A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
. It is run at Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
over a distance of 2,200 metres (about 1 mile and 3 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May or June.
It is Italy's equivalent of the Epsom Oaks
Epsom Oaks
The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 10 yards , and it is scheduled to take place each year in early June....
, a famous race in England.
History
The event has been contested over 2,200 metres for most of its history, and for a period it held Group 1 status. Its distance was extended to 2,400 metres in 1988, and it reverted to 2,200 metres in 1995. The race was downgraded to Group 2 level in 2007.The Oaks d'Italia is currently held about three weeks after the Derby Italiano
Derby Italiano
The Derby Italiano is a Group 2 flat horse race in Italy open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Capannelle over a distance of 2,200 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in May....
.
Records
Leading jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
since 1970 (4 wins):
- Gianfranco DettoriGianfranco DettoriGianfranco Dettori is an Italian retired Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Dettori was born in Serramanna, in what is now the Medio Campidano, Sardinia. During his career, he won an Italian riding championship thirteen times...
– Marmolada (1980), Ilenia (1982), Right Bank (1983), Paris Royal (1984) - Walter SwinburnWalter SwinburnWalter R. Swinburn is a retired flat racing jockey who competed in Great Britain and Ireland as well as internationally.Swinburn was born in Oxford...
– Ivor's Image (1986), Melodist (1988), Possessive Dancer (1991), Zomaradah (1998)
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Leading trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
since 1985 (3 wins):
- Hans Blume – Nagoya (1999), Meridiana (2003), Gyreka (2005)
- Peter SchiergenPeter SchiergenPeter Schiergen is a former German champion jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.- Horse trainer :Schiergen trained Boreal, winner of the 2001 Coronation Cup....
– Guadalupe (2002), Goose Bay (2008), Danedream (2011)
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Leading owner since 1985 (2 wins):
- Sheikh MohammedMohammed bin Rashid Al MaktoumMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , also Sheikh Mohammed, , is the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates , and absolute monarch of Dubai.-Personal life and education:...
– Melodist (1988), Valley of Gold (1995) - Gestüt Röttgen – Nagoya (1999), Gyreka (2005)
Winners since 1985
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
1985 | Miss Gris | Willie Carson Willie Carson William Fisher Hunter Carson, OBE is a retired jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.-Life and career:Best known as "Miserable Willie", Carson was born in Stirling, Scotland. In 1957 he was apprenticed to Captain Gerald Armstrong at his stables at Tupgill, North Yorkshire... |
Alduino Botti | Scuderia Siba | 2:19.3 |
1986 | Ivor's Image | Walter Swinburn Walter Swinburn Walter R. Swinburn is a retired flat racing jockey who competed in Great Britain and Ireland as well as internationally.Swinburn was born in Oxford... |
Michael Stoute Michael Stoute Sir Michael Ronald Stoute is a Barbadian British thoroughbred horse trainer in flat racing. Stoute, whose father was the Chief of police for Barbados, left the island in 1964 at the age of 19 to become an assistant to trainer Pat Rohan and began training horses on his own in 1972... |
Sir Gordon White Gordon White, Baron White of Hull Gordon Lindsay White, Baron White of Hull, KBE died in Los Angeles aged 72. He left most of his £70m fortune to his son Lucas... |
2:17.7 |
1987 | Lady Bentley | John Reid John A. Reid John Andrew Reid John Andrew Reid John Andrew Reid (born August 6, 1955 in Banbridge County Down, Northern Ireland is a retired flat race jockey.Reid served as an apprentice in his native Ireland to Leslie Crawford, before moving to England and joining Verley Bewicke. His first Classic victory came... |
Lester Piggott Lester Piggott Lester Keith Piggott is a retired English professional jockey, popularly known as "The Long Fellow". With 4,493 career wins, including nine Epsom Derby victories, he is one of the most well-known English flat racing jockeys of all time.... |
Mohammed Suhail | 2:17.5 |
1988 | Melodist | Walter Swinburn Walter Swinburn Walter R. Swinburn is a retired flat racing jockey who competed in Great Britain and Ireland as well as internationally.Swinburn was born in Oxford... |
Michael Stoute Michael Stoute Sir Michael Ronald Stoute is a Barbadian British thoroughbred horse trainer in flat racing. Stoute, whose father was the Chief of police for Barbados, left the island in 1964 at the age of 19 to become an assistant to trainer Pat Rohan and began training horses on his own in 1972... |
Sheikh Mohammed Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , also Sheikh Mohammed, , is the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates , and absolute monarch of Dubai.-Personal life and education:... |
2:33.8 |
1989 | Nydrion | Marco Paganini | Lorenzo Brogi | Scuderia Cieffedi | 2:30.8 |
1990 | Atoll | Gary W. Moore | Barry Hills Barry Hills Barry Hills is a British thoroughbred horse trainer. He lives in Lambourn, England.-Biography:Barry Hills had three sons in his first marriage: John, Michael, and Richard. John is a horse trainer, and both Michael and Richard are jockeys. After his divorce, he married Penny Hills, and had two more... |
Antonio Balzarini | 2:28.9 |
1991 | Possessive Dancer | Walter Swinburn Walter Swinburn Walter R. Swinburn is a retired flat racing jockey who competed in Great Britain and Ireland as well as internationally.Swinburn was born in Oxford... |
Alex Scott Alex Scott (racehorse trainer) Alexander Archibald Scott was a British thoroughbred racehorse trainer who was murdered by an employee with a grievance. He was born the 3rd son of Sir James Scott, the 2nd Baronet of Rotherfield Park and educated at Eton and Queens' College, Cambridge... |
Ahmed Al Maktoum Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Major General Sheikh Ahmed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the Deputy Chairman of Dubai Police & Public Security. He is the current Chairman of the Al Wasl FC club located in Dubai.... |
2:28.6 |
1992 | Ivyanna | Christy Roche Christy Roche Christy Roche is a retired champion Irish flat racing jockey.Over his thirty year career between 1968 and 1998 he won the Budweiser Irish Derby 3 times which he won in 1982, 1992 and 1997. His 1997 victory was on Desert King.-External links:*... |
Jim Bolger Jim Bolger (racehorse trainer) James S. "Jim" Bolger is an Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and breeder based in Coolcullen in County Kilkenny. For many years now he has been recognised as one of the racing greats in Ireland... |
Mrs Ogden White | 2:29.8 |
1993 | Bright Generation | Alan Munro Alan Munro (jockey) Alan Munro is a top English flat racing jockey and considered one of the most successful English jockeys in the history of the sport.He has won many major races including the Epsom Derby and Irish Derby in 1991... |
Paul Cole Paul Cole Paul F. I. Cole is a British racehorse trainer. Since 1987 he has been based at Whatcombe Estate in Oxfordshire, the former stables of Dick Dawson and Arthur Budgett.... |
Prince Fahd bin Salman Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Prince Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz was a member of the Saudi Arabia royal family, the son of the Governor of Riyadh Province, Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz.... |
2:30.3 |
1994 | Shahmiad | Fernando Jovine | Valfredo Valiani | Scuderia Magu | 2:35.9 |
1995 | Valley of Gold | Sylvain Guillot Sylvain Guillot Sylvain Guillot is a French jockey. He is married to the sister of fellow jockey Yannick Fouin and has one son, Thomas.For three years from about 1987, Guillot did an apprenticeship with Jean-François Daubin at Maisons-Laffitte... |
André Fabre André Fabre André Fabre is a French thoroughbred horse racing trainer.The son of a diplomat, Fabre graduated from university with a law degree but then decided to pursue a career in thoroughbred horse racing. He began by working in the stables as a groom then as a schooling rider... |
Sheikh Mohammed Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , also Sheikh Mohammed, , is the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates , and absolute monarch of Dubai.-Personal life and education:... |
2:19.1 |
1996 | Germignana | Marco Cangiano | Luigi Camici | Allevamento Gialloblu | 2:18.9 |
1997 | Nicole Pharly | Frankie Dettori Frankie Dettori Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing... |
Alberto Verdesi | Scuderia Blue Horse | 2:15.5 |
1998 | Zomaradah | Walter Swinburn Walter Swinburn Walter R. Swinburn is a retired flat racing jockey who competed in Great Britain and Ireland as well as internationally.Swinburn was born in Oxford... |
Luca Cumani Luca Cumani Luca M. Cumani is an Italian thoroughbred horse trainer. He has trained at Bedford House Stables in Newmarket, England since 1976... |
M. Obaid Al Maktoum | 2:23.5 |
1999 | Nagoya | Fernando Jovine | Hans Blume | Gestüt Röttgen | 2:13.8 |
2000 | Timi | Mirco Demuro | Lorenzo Brogi | All. La Nuova Sbarra | 2:16.1 |
2001 | Zanzibar | Michael Fenton | Michael Bell | Gilly Rowland-Clark | 2:16.5 |
2002 | Guadalupe | Kieren Fallon Kieren Fallon Kieren Francis Fallon is a professional flat racing jockey and has been British Champion Jockey six times.... |
Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen is a former German champion jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.- Horse trainer :Schiergen trained Boreal, winner of the 2001 Coronation Cup.... |
Baron G. von Ullmann | 2:17.3 |
2003 | Meridiana | Andreas Suborics Andreas Suborics Andreas Suborics Andreas Suborics Andreas Suborics (born August 11, 1971 in Vienna, Austria is an Austrian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who is based in Germany and races worldwide.A three-time champion jockey in Germany, Suborics is best known as the jockey who rode Shirocco in 2004.... |
Hans Blume | Stall Lucky Owner | 2:15.4 |
2004 | Menhoubah | Darryll Holland Darryll Holland Darryll Paul Holland is a United Kingdom flat racing jockey who has ridden for trainers such as Luca Cumani, Geoff Wragg, and Mark Johnston.... |
Clive Brittain Clive Brittain Clive Brittain is a British race-horse trainer. He began training as an apprentice in 1949, and on his own as a licensed trainer in the early 1970s. He currently trains at Carlburg Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk... |
Saeed Manana | 2:15.1 |
2005 | Gyreka | Adrie de Vries | Hans Blume | Gestüt Röttgen | 2:15.7 |
2006 | Dionisia | Christophe Soumillon Christophe Soumillon Christophe Soumillon is a Belgian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.-Career:Raised in a horse racing family, he is the son of a horse jumping jockey Jean-Marc Soumillon. Christophe Soumillon apprenticed at Chantilly Racecourse in Chantilly, France to Cédric Boutin, and won his first race in... |
Riccardo Menichetti | Sc. Razza dell'Olmo | 2:14.5 |
2007 | Fashion Statement | Neil Callan | Michael Jarvis Michael Jarvis Michael Jarvis was a Thoroughbred horse trainer in England. Based in Newmarket, Jarvis trained numerous Group One winners including three winners of the British Haydock Sprint Cup. Jarvis's horses also won important races in Ireland, Germany and Italy. He kept approximately 80 horses in... |
Peter Savill | 2:21.1 |
2008 | Goose Bay | Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke is a jockey in international Thoroughbred horse racing.Starke began racing at age fifteen as an amateur and since turning professional has won the German riding championship five times. He has competed in Canada and the United States and has won races in Dubai, France, Italy, and... |
Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen is a former German champion jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.- Horse trainer :Schiergen trained Boreal, winner of the 2001 Coronation Cup.... |
Gestüt Ebbesloh | 2:20.3 |
2009 | Night of Magic | Mirco Demuro | Horst Steinmetz | Stall Nizza | 2:14.7 |
2010 | Contredanse | Kieren Fallon Kieren Fallon Kieren Francis Fallon is a professional flat racing jockey and has been British Champion Jockey six times.... |
Luca Cumani Luca Cumani Luca M. Cumani is an Italian thoroughbred horse trainer. He has trained at Bedford House Stables in Newmarket, England since 1976... |
Stuart Stuckey | 2:14.7 |
2011 | Danedream Danedream Danedream is a German Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in race record time. She is one of only two German trained horses to win the Arc, the other being Star Appeal in 1975... |
Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke Andrasch Starke is a jockey in international Thoroughbred horse racing.Starke began racing at age fifteen as an amateur and since turning professional has won the German riding championship five times. He has competed in Canada and the United States and has won races in Dubai, France, Italy, and... |
Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen is a former German champion jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.- Horse trainer :Schiergen trained Boreal, winner of the 2001 Coronation Cup.... |
Gestüt Burg Eberstein | 2:15.2 |